Overview

• On June 11, 21-year-old Norwegian tourist Mads Mikkelsen was detained at Newark Liberty International Airport and denied entry to the US.
• CBP issued an X post on June 25 stating the refusal was based on his past admitted cannabis use rather than any political content on his phone.
• Mikkelsen received a formal denial notice he says incorrectly lists him as a Spanish passport holder and misrepresents his intended US travel plans.
• He alleges agents subjected him to intensive questioning on drug trafficking and extremism, forced a phone search, collected fingerprints and blood samples before deportation.
• The case highlights growing scrutiny by DHS and CBP of travelers’ devices and online content under expanded border-screening protocols.